The President-elect, Nana Akufo-Addo has confirmed that former minister of state, Alan Kyeremanteng will be his Minister of Trade and Industry.
Akufo-Addo made the confirmation in a tweet on Wednesday.
I came here with @Alankyerematen, because he is the person who is going to be the Min. for Trade and Industry in the Akufo-Addo government.
This comes ahead of his official naming of all ministers to serve in his government which will assume office from 7th January 2017.
The President-elect had earlier hinted the appointment of Mr Kyeremanteng to serve in the office when he met with the Private Enterprise Federation at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA).
He took the opportunity to present his strategy and policies for private sector development to the business leaders.
Mr Alan John Kyeremanteng is a businessman and politician who has in served as a Trade and Industry minister in the erstwhile John Kufour administration.
He failed in his attempt to represent the New Patriotic Party (NPP) as its flagbearer for the 2008 elections having lost to Nana Akufo-Addo.
Currently 61, he played an integral role in the success of the New Patriotic Party in the 2016 general elections that saw the party defeat the incumbent National Democratic Congress (NDC) government.
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